From the Student Council Representatives

The SfHP student council co-hosted a mentor breakfast session at the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)’s 38th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California in March with the SBM Student Special Interest Group. We were thrilled with the number of SfHP members who participated, both as mentors and mentees. Thank you again to all who participated! We have received positive feedback and plan to co-host a similar event next year.

Speaking of conferences, the SfHP student council has a number of planned events at this year’s APA Convention in Washington, DC. Please mark your calendars for the following events:

Internship Meet and Greet Event: Each year the SfHP hosts this event in order to give psychology pre-doctoral internship/post-doctoral training directors and students/interns a chance to interact. All are welcome! If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by emailing the Student Council Chair at: div38studentreps@gmail.com. Please note in your email whether you will be attending as a student/intern or representing an internship/post-doc site.
Date: Friday, August 4thTime: 6:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Marriot Marquis, Salon 14

Ask an Intern: Student Internship Application Q&A: All interested students are invited to attend an informal Q&A session with health psychology interns/post-docs who have recently gone through the internship application process. Please feel free to come with any questions you may have or just to listen.
Date: Saturday, August 5thTime: 9:00am – 10:00 amLocation: SfHP Hospitality Suite (Exact location will be assigned at a later date and posted throughout the convention areas)

We are sadly losing 5 of our Student Advisory Council members, as their terms are coming to an end this August. Thank you again to Marissa Alert, Lisa Auster-Gussman, Natasha DePesa, Angela Gutierrez, and Matthew Jasinski for your amazing work these past two years! The SfHP Student Advisory Council recently accepted applications for new members; they will be announced later this summer.

Thank you to SAC members whose terms are ending:

Marissa Alert, MS

Lisa Auster-Gussman, BA

Natasha DePesa, MS

Angela Gutièrrez, MS

Matthew Jasinski, MA

This year our campus representatives have held events promoting the SfHP all over the country. I would like to thank the following campus reps for hosting successful events: Jay Patel from Indiana University, Sara Hills from Oklahoma State University, Naomi Kane from Yeshiva University, Samantha Miadich from Virginia Commonwealth University, Karen Chaelin from University of Southern California, Jennalee Wooldridge from University of Colorado Denver, Donatavious Ford from University of Georgia, Sara Sagui-Henson from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alexandria Booker from University of Missouri-Kansas City, Chase Grosse from Mercer University, Thomas Whitfield from City University of New York, Celia Wong from University of Houston, and Janna Gordon from San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Program. Thanks for your creativity and organization reps! See below for photos from some of the events:

University of Missouri-Kansas City event; Alexandria Booker, campus representative

Students from the University of Houston; Celia Wong, campus representative

Oklahoma State University event; Sara Hills, campus representative

University of North Carolina at Charlotte event; Sara Sagui-Henson campus representative

As always, we welcome your ideas and suggestions. Please let us know your needs or ideas by emailing us at div38studentreps@gmail.com. Please also remember to stay connected to the SfHP. Be sure to like us on Facebook (facebook.com/APADiv38) and follow us on Twitter (@APADivision38).

Jennifer Warnick

Editor’s Note: The Summer 2017 issue of the SfHP Graduate Student Newsletter is now live. Click here to read the newsletter.